"Or to say this in another way, in practice Equivalency is the ability to
use the visual world as the plastic material for the photographer's expressive
purposes. He may wish to employ the recording power of the medium, it is strong
in photography, and document. Or he may wish to emphasize its transforming
power, which is equally strong, and cause the subject to stand for something
else too. If he uses Equivalency consciously and knowingly, aware of what he is
doing, and accepts the responsibility for his images, he has as much freedom of
expression as any of the arts". -Minor White
Carry me through these terrible graduate applications!!!!